Antique German Bentwood Box with Floating Oil Lamp Wicks (Good for Making Wishes) hand-drawn birds embellished with small circular mirrors

embellished with small circular mirrors

Quite a cast of characters whatever the case

Stepped in half ounce measurements from 1/2 oz

but am pretty sure it was taken at Old Orchard Beach in southern Maine

down to the expression on his face

Antique German Bentwood Box with Floating Oil Lamp Wicks (Good for Making Wishes) hand-drawn birds embellished with small circular mirrorsI though this an especially nice one for the dawn of a new year, an antique box full of wishes of sorts, yet to be wished. There is a (partial) German paper label still adhered to the underside of the lid placing its making (or at least distribution) to Nuremberg, and then the word Mariposas, which in Spanish literally translates to "butterflies," an evocative descriptor for these tiny wicks held in wooden rounds, meant to be floated on lamp oil, and